EE · 2010 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Estonia, 2010
In 2010, Estonia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 13.6% compared to 2009, reaching 38.
Estonia accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 51,416.
Estonia ranks 20th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 533.3% (from 6 in 2005).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.